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Welcome to the New Jersey State Fair

The 77th annual Family Friendly New Jersey State Fair will be held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta for 10 days from August 4 through 13, celebrating the state’s rich agricultural traditions and providing a unique and fun experience for all ages.

The 19 acre Fairgrounds is divided into areas, grouped around a theme. The Agriculture Area contains 5 open-sided livestock barns with livestock rotating throughout the ten days. A Horse Show Area contains three show rings. Quarter Horse classes run August 4-6, and followed by a variety of classes, day and night August 7-13. The Outdoor Entertainment Area features Chick Singer Night, Battle of the Bands, oxen pull, demo derbies, equestrian shows, motocross, mud bog, and tractor & truck pull. RoNetco Supermarkets sponsors the Family Entertainment Area with Chainsaw Artists, K-9s in Flight, Racing Pigs, Petting Zoo, Dinosaurs Rock and Performing Arts Tent. Local vendors, artisans, crafters, gardeners and homemade product producers will be on display throughout the entire 10 days.

Special events include a Tribute to Our Troops Weekend on August 5 and 6. The Queen of the Fair Pageant and Lumberjack/Lumberjill completions are held on August 5. The 2017 Fiddlers’ Competition takes place on August 6. On August 10, a Polish Night features live music, dancing and polka contest. Sussex County’s Got Talent show will be held on August 12. A Steam Robotics Shed is manned daily.

New this year is a Natural Healing Tent, with different healing modalities on Wednesday, August 9. Monday August 7 is Green Day, featuring recycling, alternative energy and farmland preservation themes. Senior day on Thursday, August 10 and Children’s Day on Tuesday, August 8, offers discounted admission.

Location: 37 Plains Rd., Augusta, NJ. Visit njstatefair.org for daily schedules, admission discounts and participation details. 

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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